Governance Articles

These articles discuss the model of goverance used in a Sudbury model school.  This goverance is based on democracy and respect for the individual.

The Three Rs: Rules, Respect, Responsibility

An article in a local Massachusetts paper recently described Sudbury Valley School as a "School with No Rules." The reporter obviously hadn't seen the 30-page rule book which Sudbury Valley's School Meeting has created (over 30 years) and to which all students and staff are beholden.

The Judicial System

"The judicial system was really important because it was so obviously justice that you were involved in... You knew how difficult it was. You were on both sides, or all sides, because you might be... a witness, or a complainant, or the alleged violator, or a member of the judicial committee."

How The School is Governed

"The thing that I really like about it was that all the rules were spelled out...so when I came to Sudbury Valley, the first thing I did was read... the Law Book and all the school's rules."